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    2013 ultrabooks, infestation of the 16:9 menace

    First of all, my apologies, I am just here to rant and vent my frustration with the death of the 16:10 ratio :) All 2013 ultrabooks by Asus, Acer, Dell, HP, Toshiba, Sony, Lenovo, Samsung so far, all of them, have 16:9 resolutions. None of them have any unique selling points (USP) whatsoever...
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    [Updated] Need help checking set theory mathematical notations

    I am a beginner in set theory and more importantly the notation conventions. I am trying to describe what I am doing below in mathematical notation: Given a set A, containing elements which come in non-distinct pairs e.g. {a,a,b,b,c,c,c,c,d,d,.....} I am to partition A such that P1...Pn...
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    Windows 7, hard drives power cycle repeatedly after resuming from sleep

    Hi. I am running RAID 1 with two Hitachi 2TB HDDs on Intel Z68 chipset, running latest chipset and rapid storage drivers. I don't know when the problem begun, but after resuming from sleep, the two Hitachi HDDs (and only them) would power cycle repeatedly upon disk access. I can hear clicking...
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    Change of user name

    Is it possible? Who do I have to PM? Thanks
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    Of surround sound, PC gaming and HDMI

    This may sound off-forum for some but as there aren't any audio forums here in anandtech (What happened to the soundcard reviews we used to get?), and what I am about to say is quite technical. The e-mail I sent to AMD got escalated but it's been a week without reply. Long story short, I was...
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    HD6950 HDMI audio doesn't work - cable unplugged

    I have just installed the new HD6950 with newest 10.12 driver under great difficulty with driver problems. It took me a while to fix the HDMI audio 'unable to start device' error. The message was fixed after disabling my motherboard HD audio device in BIOS, and several! restarts. However, the...
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    [2010-Aug] Drivers Update for Auzentech Forte, HomeTheater, Bravura, Prelude

    Today when I check my e-mail I am suprised to find that Auzentech has not forgotten about the poor Prelude owners with their half baked drivers. I have been using the 3rd party Auzentech Prelude Remix 1.3b drivers and it still have stability problem in Windows 7. It's very annoying. For...
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    Simple Calculation - Anthropogenic Global Warming

    I was neither a sceptic nor a firm believer of man made climate change, that's why I was trying to use some Mathematics to estimate which I should lean towards. My simple calculation relies on these assumptions: 1. There are accurate data on fossil fuel usage in total. 2. Good estimates...
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    Gripe with Adobe Illustrator

    I was making an A1 size poster for a presentation. Now there aren't many good poster software that handles a large poster size as A1. People even uses Powerpoint, which I think is just not very good. So I decided to try Illustrator, which has advantage in being vector graphics, so I can rescale...
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    Vista x64 SP1 on a 16GB SSD

    The space usage of the Windows folder is 6GB. How on earth can the requirement stated for HDD space be more than twice that? I had no problem running Vista on a 16GB SSD despite what people say. Although I cheated a bit by relocating the common files and temp files folder. I have 1.5GB left...
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    My QX6600 G0 can only overclock to 3.35Ghz

    I have recently just begin to overclock my system since my water kit had arrived and replaced the stock cooler. My spec is in my sig. My Ram is actually underclocked by setting strap and is running at 755Mhz because I prefer timing to frequency. My RAM maxes out at just under 1000Mhz to be...
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    Weird hibernation problem on XP

    Hi all Recently I have upgraded my notebook HDD from 80GB to 250GB, and RAM from 1GB to 2GB. I didn't want to re-install Windows so I took an image of the HDD using Acronis True Image and put the image on the new 250GB HDD. Windows booted up fine. I've noticed however the hibernation tab...
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    ***NEWS*** Nvidia Forceware driver 84.21 released

    Gotta test if H.246 is *really* accelerated Grab it off here Release Highlights: * WHQL Certified * Adds support for GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7900 GT, and GeForce 7600 GT * New NVIDIA PureVideo features and enhancements. Please visit the NVIDIA PureVideo website for more...
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    Mission Impossible? I am building a POS system

    My mom's friend is operating a Chinese takeaway shop and is interested in an computerized order taking system. There's a leaflet promoting a POS system by a company which offers the system for around 2,000 pound sterling, about US$ 3,500. I think it is overpriced and I may build one half of...
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    Damn the University IT blocked my Internet access

    Acceptable use policy So unlucky these days I admit I used Bit Torrent for "Linux ISO"s Anyway I wasn't abusing the network at all. The overall bandwidth (upload + download) seldom exceed 20kb/s I don't understand why they blocked my Intranet as well. Can't even retrieve e-mails and...
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    Intel just don't fail to disappppoint me

    Intel Paxville VS AMD Opteron A company who has huge amount of money to put in R&D still can't compete a smaller company with less R&D expenses generation after generation of products!? I felt sorry for Intel. Must be something wrong with their engineers. Just when they can get serious...
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    How hard is it to mod FustTalk? Feature Request

    I am a busy person and I thought how good it is if there's a function in "My forum" page where it shows you all the posts where other ATers had quoted your speech (as responding you) so I don't have to check all the topics I posted seeing who had updates to my questions/opinions. EDIT: Lol...
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    Petition for AT forum to allow custom avatars!!

    I wanna see the faces of those I am chatting with!! This is not a chat room. If you want that, get a web cam and use one of the IM clients. AnandTech Moderator
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    My friend's motherboard fried. Need advice please

    Well earlier I asked my friend to change the RAM CAS timing to 2 WITHOUT changing any voltage setting. For some reason the board just failed to load even after clearing CMOS. I've never heard a single incident the motherboard fries when RAM timing is changed. The worst case is usally the RAM...
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    Where's the Command rate setting in DFI LanParty SLI-D?

    All types of LanParty UT nForce 4 should have same the BIOS Just wondering where I could set the command rate. I can't seem to find the option. I don't know whether I am on 1T or 2T now. I wanna make sure I am running 1T
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    [Widescreen Troubleshooting] AoE III demo Initialization failed

    For those who are on widescreen resolution with following error message when starting AoE 3 demo: "Initialization Failed Direct3D Initialization failed. Possible causes: Old or corrupted graphics driver. Direct3D improperly installed. Hardware acceleration disabled. Starting the...
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    I need to be banned using Shift+Del

    Too late to use data recovery software :/ Was making a new folder, moving my album in it, and deleting the old one For some weird reason perhaps was my fault and perhaps wasn't; after I deleted the original album; I found that the copied album didn't exist in the new album folder. Now...
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    Is 1.55V too high for AMD Venice 3000+?

    The maximum voltge in specification quotes 1.45V... The default is 1.40V Am I stressing it too high?
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    It's been 3 years since I migrated

    and my English still sucks. In UK atm Going to University this September Pray for me P.S. I'm from HK
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    [Poll] Cat or Dog?

    For me, Dogs
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    Ageia PhysX Processor Unit - Interview with CEO

    Link Now that's expensive.
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    Is nVidia.com down?

    "500 There is no web application configured to service your request There is no web application configured to service your request" Anyone got the same?
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    Computer forced to restart after changing resolution

    My display properties > Advanced > General > Compatibility setting is set to "Apply the new display settings without restarting" already But for unknown reasons, changing the resolution ALWAYS bring out "Restart your computer to take effect" dialogue. One thing that confuses me is that...
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    Memtest v3.2 -> v1.51 ??

    I am building two exact twin computer, only differred by having a Raptor on one and none on another. The config is as follows for BOTH PC: AMD Athlon64 Venice 3000+ DFi LanParty UT SLI-D eVGA GeForce 6800 Ultra PCI-e 2* OCZ Value VX 512MB (BH5) RAM and BIOS setting are the same for...
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    Another happy 2005FPW owner [UPDATED2]

    UPDATE2: I did some testing with PS2. The Dell monitor has a composite input. I don't have S-video cable for PS2 so... It seems that I artifacts are not present with PS2, so I guess it's either the video card that I am using, or it's the DVI chip in the monitor. Then I tried lowering...
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    Report: PS3 to sell for $399, cost $494 to make

    Linky Does the price change your buying decision?
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    Questions on 4*512MB memory VS 2*1GB memory

    We all know populating 4 slots in Venice means a higher command timing of 2T instead of 1T Consider the scenario: If I populate all 4 RAM slots with the OCZ VX Ram so that each run 2-2-2-5; 2T, would it be overclockerble to 250FSB given that all 4 RAM is capable? Does populating 4 slots...
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    Just discovered that the PS2 Sony Eyetoy works for Windows

    I just discovered driver is available on the net that allows it to be used. Perhaps many of you already know but this is kind of suprising for me. It's black and suits my future PC case as well :P Sony eyetoys camera are cheap and they have PS2 style look. The image quality is significantly...
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    127 or 137 GB or 137427943424 Bytes Hard Drive Capacity limit? WTF?

    Description: For those who have searched google for solutions would have found that such problem is common, but luckily the fix is easy. A HDD greater than advertised 140GB+ might be seen in Windows as 127GB. (Or 137GB in HDD manufacturer's counting standard) (137427943424 bytes)...
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    My HDD just had very very loud clicking

    I have a PC60 Lian-Li case. The HDD mount unit is removable from the case. Every week I have to remove my two other WD HDD from my Desktop and bring them to college. The removeable rack was so useful I do this often. This morning I removed the WD HDD. The Maxtor HDD remaining serves the OS...
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    History repeats itself

    Unified Next generation disc format DEAL DEAD Human beings never learn from their past mistakes do they?
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    Ok... So I am buying a Dell Ultrasharp 2005FPW in UK

    Might order it in a week or so. Well poor soul not born in US is bound to buy expensive. I originally posted in For Sale/Trade forum to see if anyone can ship it to me around $550-600 but nevermind. Considering that $100 extra worth me a local warranty; so in case of those blacklight...
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    Logitech Z-5500 Digital

    Is it? http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=8225&source=PriceRunner Looks affordable to me. I need some good speakers for watching movie and game for my new PC with the widescreen dell 2005FPW monitor But I feel guilty because I bought the high quality Creative I-trigue...
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    Why aren't NASA, etc. building mass drivers?

    Mass drives I meant is a huge rail structure. A train like vehicle is used to deliver payload like shuttles to the space. It works as follows: A extremely long horizontal railway track powers the train cartridge with payload stuck on top is accelerated through horizontally by alternating...
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    ATi Radeon All-In-Wonder X800XT $324.99 after MIR

    Linky Arg damn you Americans always getting the good stuff